Police have arrested a man and a woman and charged them with a litany of felonies after their 2-year-old son suffocated to death after they allegedly tied and weighted down a mattress over his crib so he wouldn’t be able to climb out, WGAL-TV reports. The parents, Justin Dwyer and Courtney Stash, are facing a …
One worker had previously been disciplined for leaving kids unattended
A Pennsylvania teacher has been charged with multiple sex crimes for allegedly having an intimate relationship with a 16-year-old student whom she was “obsessed” with, the Daily Local News reports. Melissa Bonkoski, 38, bought a so-called burner phone — a disposable cell phone — so she could secretly arrange trysts with the boy. During those …
An 18-year-old Texas woman has been accused of forcing a child she was babysitting to perform sex acts on her. Police in San Antonio arrested Esmeralda Marie Medellin Thursday night on sexual assault charges, the San Antonio Express-News reports. The child reportedly told his mother that Medellin ordered him to perform a sexual act on …
All he wanted was a milkshake, but this Colorado man instead ended up in the hospital after someone mistook him for a neo-Nazi and stabbed him. In a Facebook post this week that has gone viral, 26-year-old Joshua Witt described how he was attacked at a Steak ‘n Shake in Sheridan, Colorado. “Sooooooo apparently I …
A Utah man has been charged with killing his wife after he allegedly “snapped” when she said she wanted a divorce and would not stop laughing at him during an Alaska-bound cruise last month. Federal officials announced Thursday that a grand jury had indicted Kenneth Manzanares, 39, with first-degree murder in connection with the death …
A mother and daughter allegedly operated an unlicensed erotic massage parlor out of their suburban Florida home, where they also sold sexual favors. This week, police arrested 55-year-old Anne Marie Dodge and daughter 30-year-old Jennifer Lynn Dodge, both of Sarasota, in sting operations. Undercover officers responded to advertisements the women had posted on Backpage.com promoting …
A woman who didn’t get along with her co-workers will spend three and a half years behind bars for poisoning them last year with the cleaning solution Windex. Mayda Edith Rivera-Juarez, 33, was sentenced to the prison term Tuesday after she pleaded guilty in February to felony charges of adulterating food with intent to injure …
Authorities have confirmed that a body found along a Georgia highway is that of a missing woman whose grandson has been charged with her slaying, as previously reported by Crime Online. Dental records show that a body discovered Wednesday in an embankment is 78-year-old Millicent Williams, who lived just five miles from where her decomposed …
An Ohio widow got into a heated argument at her husband’s funeral with a woman who claimed to be the man’s girlfriend, leading to a brawl that required pepper spray to break up, the New York Daily News reports. Around 3:30 p.m. Monday, police in Dayton — between Cincinnati and Columbus — were dispatched to …
His stepmother is said to have mistreated the boy because he was a product of her husband’s affair. She allegedly submerged him in bathwater with her hands around his neck
The boy’s outraged mother shared a video of the horrifying incident, which she says is child abuse
